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David Pasquesi | |
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 David Pasquesi on stage after a show at iO Chicago in April 2013. | |
| Born | December 22, 1960 (age 63) |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
David Pasquesi (born December 22, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. His screen credits include Father of the Bride (1991), Common Law (1996), Strangers with Candy (1999), The Watcher (2000), Employee of the Month (2004), According to Jim (2005), The Beast (2009), Boss (2011), and Chicago Fire (2013).
Pasquesi, who is of Italian heritage, was born in Chicago and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He graduated from Lake Forest High School. [1]
Pasquesi starred in the short film Regrets that premiered An Event Apart, and co-starred in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With . [2] He wrote for Exit 57 and Strangers with Candy, co-wrote and appeared [3] in the Spike TV series Factory , and co-wrote [4] and co-starred in Cop Show. In 2009, he was in the cast of Angels & Demons , where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi. [5] He co-created and co-wrote the new show Merkin Penal. Similar to his role of "Meat Man Stew" in Strangers With Candy , Pasquesi plays "Knife Man" in At Home with Amy Sedaris .
Pasquesi has performed at The Second City, iO Theater, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He studied under Del Close in the early 80s, and became part of the first iO Harold team "Baron's Barracudas". He appeared in four mainstage revues at Second City, as well as in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theatre.
In 2009, he played a supporting role in the Harold Ramis film Year One as the Prime Minister of Sodom. [6] Pasquesi was a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at the Goodman Theatre.
Since 2002, he has been performing with T. J. Jagodowski in the all improvised show "TJ and Dave". [7] In 2006 they began an Off Broadway run, performing monthly at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York City. [8] The Chicago Reader has described the show as "an hour of subtle character development, verbal facility, and pantomimic agility that anticipates and plays off the audience's reactions." [9] Guests of the show include August: Osage County's Tracy Letts, Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon, SNL's Mike O'Brien, and Absinthe's Jet Eveleth. The 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival included the documentary Trust Us, This is All Made Up directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance. [10] [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Light of Day | Sophomore | |
| 1991 | Heaven Is a Playground | Hospital clerk | |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride | Hanck, the Caterer | |
| Groundhog Day | Psychiatrist | ||
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Newscaster | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Cameraman | Uncredited |
| The Puppet Masters | Vargas | ||
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | Tollefson | |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Al Vanzetti | |
| 1998 | Temporary Girl | Paul, Jeanette's Husband | |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Tony | |
| The Watcher | Norton | ||
| 2002 | Joshua | Eli Cohen | |
| 2003 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Jimmy | |
| 2004 | Employee of the Month | Kyle Lacopa | |
| 2005 | Strangers with Candy | Stew | |
| The Ice Harvest | Councilman Williams | ||
| 2006 | I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With | Luca Giancarlo | |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Voiceover Announcer | |
| 2009 | Tapioca | Lothario | |
| Angels & Demons | Claudio Vincenzi | ||
| Year One | Prime Minister | ||
| 2010 | Something Better Somewhere Else | Boss | |
| 2011 | The Moleman of Belmont Avenue | Dave the Hermit | |
| 2012 | To Rome with Love | Tim | |
| Close Quarters | Cary | ||
| 2013 | Hell Baby | Cardinal Vicente | |
| 2015 | This Isn't Funny | Christoffer Anderson | |
| Bloomin Mud Shuffle | Fr. Tony | ||
| Open Tables | Dean Ponder | ||
| 2017 | Kings | Howard | |
| 2018 | Imperfections | Rod | |
| 2020 | Monuments | Jim | |
| 2021 | Later Days | DJ Shades | |
| 2022 | Last Looks | Darius Jamshidi | |
| 2023 | Le proprietà dei metalli | Prof. Moretti | |
| 2024 | All Happy Families | Jerry |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dear John | Smoke-Ender | Episode: "True Confessions" |
| Men Will Be Boys | Tom | Television film | |
| 1991 | Dream On | Alex | Episode: "To Have and Have and Have and Have Not" |
| 1994 | The Shaggy Dog | Officer Hanson | Television film |
| 1996 | Common Law | Henry Beckett | 5 episodes |
| 1998 | Early Edition | Orville | Episode: "A Horse Is a Horse" |
| 1999–2000 | Strangers with Candy | Stew | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Blore | Episode: "Chet's Shirt" |
| 2003 | Undeclared | Professor Beyser | Episode: "God Visits" |
| Hi Guys | Tommy | Television film | |
| 2005 | According to Jim | Dave | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Factory | Smitty | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | The Beast | Dr. Warren Shelby | Episode: "The Walk In" |
| 2011–2012 | Boss | Jack Bentley | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Breaking the News | Todd Strait | Television film |
| 2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Dr. Ian Flanigan | 9 episodes |
| 2013–2019 | Chicago Fire | Erik McAuley / McAuley | 3 episodes |
| Veep | Andrew Meyer | 15 episodes | |
| 2015 | Cop Drama | Mayor | Television film |
| 2016 | The Jamz | Kasey | 4 episodes |
| Easy | Dave | Episode: "Art and Life" | |
| 2017 | Special Skills | Casting Director | Episode: "Party Animals" |
| Shrink | Pastor Kaine | Episode: "Cool Ranch" | |
| 2017, 2018 | Superior Donuts | Lou | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Tony Pugnalata | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Empire | Beekman Poser | Episode: "Fair Terms" |
| Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters | Carol | Episode: "Devil in the Blue Jeans" | |
| Madam Secretary | Prime Minister Enzo Moretti | Episode: "The Magic Rake" | |
| 2018–2019 | Lodge 49 | Blaise St. John | 20 episodes |
| 2020 | The Conners | Cyril | Episode: "Bridge Over Troubled Conners" |
| Inferno | Leonard Gregory | Television film | |
| 2021–2022 | The Book of Boba Fett | Mok Shaiz's majordomo | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Craig Hollis / Mr. Immortal | Episode: "Just Jen" |
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